... POETRY IN A WORKHOUSE. In a sketch of the life of Grace Dickinson, with which the chaplain of the Halifax workhouse bas prefixed a collection of ber poems, the writer thus describes the novel manner in which the poetry was transcribed :—* It was not until ...

... mm“ ut the nurse denies this portion of the master's Mm;a;dllmwtmmmdsh‘o workhouse have not been working together harmoniously. Dr Purcell, the medial otficer of the workhouse, gave his opinion that the *‘ remote™ cause of the death of John Reeves was ...

... prisoner appeared in great di and, we symrlhlfl with her, subscribed, lml she got about 3s. ady ber at once to take baby to the workhouse, Vo then et ands '-m-‘““p..u.,'{’ vy thely e \ e cumpany shortly after at the corner of the street, we saw the’pvimmhand ...

... several important local appointments, and was on the death of Dr Wotherspoon appointed medical officer to Brampton Union Workhouse. Dr Armstrong’s father was born at Fauldy, Canonbie. ...

... his wife and family to the workhouse was that he did not want to destroy his last chance of obtaining .bvj;::lhrh:b’;fh.d ::n subsisting u money raised g urniture, 'M'u:dl g«’.c. The children have been removed to the workhouse, but the youngest is not expected ...

... the Caledonian Shield—first stage—put on 86 and received £2. ExcureioNy —St John's Episcopal Sunday School, with Harraley Workhouse children, had a trip to Langholm yesterday, when they epent a happy day at Langholm Lodge. “Remreus” anovr THE CoMMON-RIDING ...

... generally of a routine character. We give some particulars as to the state of the parish : —Paapers on J: roll, 118 ; in the workhouse, 35 ; lunatic asylum, 8; belongiug to other parishes, but paid by Bathgate, 2¢; paid by other parishes for poor belonging ...

... became mer, On Wednesday morning he was 80 violent that he had to be removed to the workhouse. —James Stuart Orchard, resident medical officer at the Salford Union Workhouse, said that the deceased was brought to the institution about 8.40 on Wednesday morning ...

... tens of thousands yet unbornthere he was, upwards of sixty years of age, a cripple for life, with a gaol o» a workhouse—no, there were no workhouses then in Seotland ; I wish there had ever been—but with a more fearful prospect of destitution and starvation ...

... AN IRISH SCHOOLMISTRESS. Weminthohbitolbudh’oltho management and good order of the North fi: Union Workhouse and contrasting it with the South. g:!:. theh Roman Cnholithh-pl.un,xfi Rev. Mr n, has come out quite une , without notice tothe party oouue%. with ...

... spent whole nights, from sheer inability to pay for a bed. He had applied in his extremity for admission to almoss evev workhouse in London, but without gaining. Oa Wednesdni_night he sought a night'’s shelter in the Refuge in Field Lane, but not baving ...

... and made a complaint to me that she had been ill-treated. Hannah Bird, single woman, deposed that she was an inmate of the workhouse on the 2&1;‘0!:. and l_eft;: the company of a strange woman. en (continu timeu)fi got outside, the lady said, ‘‘Oh, here is ...